About

Live Oak School was founded in 1864. The one-room schoolhouse was located on Live Oak Road in rural southeast Lodi. In 1906 a school tax of $2,250 was passed and levied to build and enlarge the schoolhouse. In 1949, the current site was purchased approximately one half mile from the original location, and the present school building was constructed. From 1989-2003, a total of fourteen years, Live Oak was on Year Round Calendar of 163 instructional days and served as many as 500 students each year. In 2003, Live Oak switched to a Modified Traditional Calendar of 180 instructional days, and its attendance boundaries were changed. The specially designed calendar and bilingual program to accommodate the needs of Migrant students continued until June of 2008. Currently, all students follow the Modified Traditional Calendar.

 

The goal of Live Oak School is to provide the best possible education for all students by challenging them to the extent of their abilities and supporting them with appropriate instructional strategies. The educational program, which addresses intellectual, personal, physical, and social development, allows students the opportunity to reach their full potential. The staff strives to create an environment where students, teachers, support staff, and parents work together in a climate that is safe, friendly, open, and nurturing for all students.

 

Teachers focus on the four major subject areas of Live Oak’s curriculum: language arts, math, social studies, and science, with an eye toward preparing students for the complex and evolving demands of the 21st-century workplace. Qualified itinerant music and physical education teachers deliver instruction to develop students’ knowledge and skills in these areas. All instruction is based on the Common Core State Standards. Instructional materials are selected from those adopted by the District and approved by the State. Various teaching strategies are utilized to accommodate different styles of learning. Opportunities are provided for students to learn from each other and to apply their knowledge to actual life situations.

 

Students mutually value their respective cultures and perspectives. They interact and learn from each other. Students with special needs are fully integrated into all the major activities of our school calendar and are mainstreamed whenever possible. The Live Oak educational community is a vibrant mix of students, staff, and parents, all representing diverse backgrounds, languages, traditions, ethnicities, and histories. They reach across borders and are bound together in the common endeavor to educate the young citizens of today so they may take their place in the world tomorrow as responsible and creative stewards.